Police: Lake Orion man dead in attempted murder-suicide

A 42-year-old Lake Orion man is dead after he turned a gun on himself after physically assaulting and pointing a gun at his girlfriend.

Lake Orion and Oxford police responded to the call, which took place around 10:20 p.m. on Aug. 1. A 38-year-old woman called 911 from the 200 block of Bellevue Avenue stating that she had been physically and verbally assaulted by her boyfriend of two years and he shot himself.

The woman reported that during the assault, the boyfriend walked into the bedroom to retrieve a semi-automatic handgun and he came back, placing it to her head. The woman said her boyfriend said he was going to shoot her.

Moments later he fired the gun, narrowly missing the woman and striking a wall in the living room. The man then turned the gun on himself.

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Officers found the man inside the living room area of the home unresponsive with a single gunshot wound to the head. Emergency medical personnel were called to the home, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

A loaded semi-automatic handgun was found.

Alcohol is believed to be a factor in the incident.

No one else was in the home at the time and the woman was not injured in the assault.

The case remains under investigation by the Lake Orion Police Department pending autopsy and toxicology reports.